DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/14/2022    Duedate: 12/27/2022

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-413

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SHIRLEY JACKSON
LITERATE LOONS (40)
(81-3582) [22-18-1,131]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SHIRLEY JACKSON                GORSWAMPUS
LITERATE LOONS (40)            ARDUIN (200)
(81-3582) [22-18-1,131]        (81-3798) [0-1-0,2]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SHIRLEY JACKSON                TRACI
LITERATE LOONS (40)            MADNESS (190)
(81-3582) [22-18-1,131]        (81-3740) [6-8-0,42]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. LITERATE LOONS (40)         51
2. MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)         45      HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
3. NBA LEGENDS (156)           40      Unchartered Team
4. WICKED MARTYRS (148)        29
5. BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)     24      ARDUIN (200)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)   63  36  1 63.6   1/ 3 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      12  3 2
 2/ 2 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)      179 131  9 57.7   2/ 7 LITERATE LOONS (40)      12  3 1
 3/ 3 NBA LEGENDS (156)        156 124 11 55.7   3/ 2 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)   9  6 1
 4/ 4 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      883 724 28 54.9   4/ 1 NBA LEGENDS (156)         9  6 1
 5/ 5 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      819 717 31 53.3   5/ 4 MADNESS (190)             8  7 2
 6/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29)         941 865 39 52.1   6/ 8 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      7  6 0
 7/ 7 PRAY THE GODS (155)      436 408 28 51.7   7/ 5 DARQUE AGES (29)          7  7 0
 8/ 8 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     554 553 22 50.0   8/10 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   7  8 1
 9/ 9 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  334 357 23 48.3   9/ 9 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)       4  6 0
10/10 MADNESS (190)             91 104  6 46.7  10/11 PRAY THE GODS (155)       4  8 0
11/11 LITERATE LOONS (40)      661 763 31 46.4  11/ 6 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       3 12 0
12/13*ARDUIN (200)               0  10  0  0.0  12/13*ARDUIN (200)              0 10 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

Welcome back to The Spire!  Sheesh, this place is getting emptier than a money-lenders 
heart in here.  Are we really down to 12 teams?  I am only counting 4 teams that were 
here on turn 1 of this arena, which at 400+ is impressive.  But, it is the other empty 
seats that have me concerned.  Where did everyone go?  Oh well, send a pigeon to a 
friend and invite them to Shadowspire, or invite some of the oldies to return and get 
their teeth kicked in - just like old times!

So, the title fight . . . boys and girls, we had a doozy of one today! Bonnie Parker 
entered the turn as our Duelmaster.  I know Heroes & Villains was quite proud of her 
for reaching the throne in less than 20 fights.  She posted a challenge to Shirley 
Jackson or Literate Loons fame.  We were looking forward to a throwdown between these 
two ladies, and what a fight it was!  When it was all over, one warrior lay dead on 
the sands, and we had a new Duelmaster.  You read that right!  Shirley Jackson 
executed the previous Duelmaster to take the highest arena honor AND to receive an 
invitation to the Isle of the Eye.  If there is going to be any revenge, Heroes & 
Villains must act quickly before Shirley bids us farewell.  Congrats to Shirley 
Jackson, who is managed by Sherman.

The most avoided team for turn 413 is NBA Legends.  They were mostly avoided by Clan 
Longbeard. Literate Loons seems to be on everyone's lips today, so let's continue that 
trend with today's most challenged warrior - Raymond Carver.  Raymond is our most 
challenged today, and he faced Jihl Blazefury of Big Lake Solution.  Jihl was brave 
and challenged up 21 points, but she lost in a 6-minute fight.

Today's BY THE NUMBERS is brought you, as always, by Otto's Diner, who would like to 
say, "Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!"

     Fights:             33
     Challenges:          9
     Dark Arena Fights:   5
     Non-DA Deaths:       4

     Largest Up-Challenge:  +21 points (I've included this one because I mentioned the 
     other 21-point up challenge above) - LAUDINA (81-3658) (14-14-2,69) of MADNESS 
     challenged HAKEEM (81-2521) (21-23-4,90) of NBA LEGENDS.   LAUDINA savagely 
     defeated HAKEEM in a 1-minute veteran's Challenge struggle.

     Largest Down Challenge:  -20 points - OTTO'S BUSBOY (81-3775) (4-4-0,27) of BIG 
     LAKE SOLUTION challenged OTTO'S JANITOR (81-3779) (1-4-0,7) of CULT OF BACCHUS. 
     OTTO'S BUSBOY devastated OTTO'S JANITOR in a 1-minute mismatched Challenge 
     conflict. 

Time for me to get out of here.  This is starting to bore me.  No, no, it isn't you.  
You know what?  It is about 99% you.  There is a tankard somewhere with my name on it.  
Whoever took it can leave it by the press box, no questions asked!  Until then, I'm 
going to head down to Otto's and see what new wonders the Cult of Bacchus crew has 
dropped off for my tasting pleasure.  See you bums next turn!

                                          -- Huard DePriest

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHIRLEY JACKSON 3582         22  18  1   131       LITERATE LOONS (40)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CRIXX 3672                   19   8  2   113       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 SNIDELY WHIPLASH 3767        10   0  0   107       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 XIQUEEL 3659                 15  14  1    92       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAKEEM 2521                  21  24  4    91       NBA LEGENDS (156)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAYMOND CARVER 3543          18  27  1    90       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 DOROTHY PARKER 3591          16  23  1    88       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 LAUDINA 3658                 15  14  2    86       MADNESS (190)
 OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648          17  13  1    85       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 ELLEN RIPLEY 3703            10  10  0    81       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 SPEKT 3541                   17  29  0    80       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 ZORRO 3706                   15   5  0    80       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 CLYDE THE GLIDE 3732          8   6  1    74       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 SAI 3678                     14   5  0    72       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 MARGERY KEMPE 3686           14  10  1    71       DARQUE AGES (29)
 SAILASA 3692                 11   6  0    69       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 MAGNA CARTA 3747              9   4  0    69       DARQUE AGES (29)
 BAMNOR 3608                  16  20  0    68       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 ANTON CHEKHOV 3651            9  21  0    68       LITERATE LOONS (40)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SAUL BELLOW 3709             10  10  1    65       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 MUTOMBO 3728                 13   3  0    63       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 JIHL BLAZEFURY 3735          10   5  0    63       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 PRIVID 3665                  13  14  0    57       WICKED MARTYRS (148)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHRISTINE DE PIZAN 3727      10   7  0    56       DARQUE AGES (29)
 STING 3661                   14  12  1    55       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 OTTO'S SOUS-CHEF 3744         8   5  1    54       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 RUINN 3695                   11  11  0    49       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 DR. ROBOTNIK 3737            11   4  0    49       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 SIR CHARLES 3733              9   5  0    48       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 RECLAN 3650                  10  12  1    43       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 GAYNE 3783                    4   1  1    43       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 TRACI 3740                    6   8  0    42       MADNESS (190)
 FOE-HAMMER 3736               5   9  0    40       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 AHNA MISSTEP 3729             5  11  1    35       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 FENRIR 3780                   5   2  0    34       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OTTO'S BUSBOY 3775            5   4  0    33       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 WORMTONGUE 3774               5   3  0    33       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 MOUTH OF SAURON 3773          5   3  0    30       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 ANTONITUS 3782                4   2  1    29       MADNESS (190)
 HEDGE 3787                    3   0  1    25       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUBONIC 3770                  4   6  0    23       DARQUE AGES (29)
 JIMPUUS 3794                  1   0  0    22       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 KOMMA 3766                    5   5  0    20       MADNESS (190)
 OTTO'S MGR 3778               4   3  0    15       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 GORGOL 3786                   2   2  0    15       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 BAVIL 3793                    2   0  0    14       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 DOMINIQUE 3781                2   5  0    13       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 OTTO'S JANITOR 3779           1   5  0     8       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 DRUV 3785                     2   1  0     7       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 GORSWAMPUS 3798               0   1  0     2       ARDUIN (200)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
FRATSFA SLAVE           0  0 0                      GAYNE 3783            413  NONE
DA1 3795                0  1 0 ARDUIN 200           WURM KIN              413  NONE
DA2 3796                0  1 0 ARDUIN 200           STONE GOLEM           413  NONE

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA3 3797                0  1 0 ARDUIN 200           WURM KIN              413  NONE
DOOMGUARD 3792          0  2 0 ARDUIN 200           HEDGE 3787            413   
DOA 3799                0  1 0 BIG LAKE SOLUTIO 178 STONE GOLEM           413  NONE
SLAINE 3713            12  5 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39    BONNIE PARKER 3702    411   
BONNIE PARKER 3702     10 10 1 HEROES & VILLAIN 197 SHIRLEY JACKSON 3582  413   
BERTHA 3769             6  4 0 WICKED MARTYRS 148   CLYDE THE GLIDE 3732  413   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Reclan -- I hate orcs! -- Ruinn

Dominique -- That is one for me, til we meet again. -- Fenrir

Congrats Broken on your invite to the Isle -- Clan Longbeard

All -- Happy Christmas everyone. -- Visionist/Chris

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BROKEN viciously butchered STONE GOLEM in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
DOA was murdered by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
DA3 was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA2 was dispatched by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena brawl.
DA1 was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena fight.
BONNIE PARKER was narrowly killed by SHIRLEY JACKSON in a 3 minute competition.
LAUDINA savagely defeated HAKEEM in a 1 minute veteran's Challenge struggle.
SAI was defeated by XIQUEEL in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge melee.
ELLEN RIPLEY viciously subdued BAMNOR in a action packed 1 minute gory Challenge duel.
JIHL BLAZEFURY was viciously subdued by RAYMOND CARVER in a 6 minute Challenge duel.
DR. ROBOTNIK overpowered ANTONITUS in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
RECLAN was overpowered by CHRISTINE DE PIZAN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
OTTO'S BUSBOY devastated OTTO'S JANITOR in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
AHNA MISSTEP savagely defeated BUBONIC in a 2 minute gory Challenge brawl.
SNIDELY WHIPLASH handily defeated SPEKT in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
ZORRO was vanquished by VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
CRIXX vanquished MAGNA CARTA in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
SAILASA was viciously subdued by OTTO'S FRY GUY in a crowd pleasing 4 minute brawl.
MARGERY KEMPE was beaten by DOROTHY PARKER in a exciting 3 minute veteran's match.
ANTON CHEKHOV savagely defeated STING in a crowd pleasing 6 minute master's fight.
CLYDE THE GLIDE executed BERTHA in a 1 minute brutal uneven fight.
MUTOMBO luckily beat OTTO'S SOUS-CHEF in a action packed 5 minute gruesome fray.
SAUL BELLOW slimly won victory over FOE-HAMMER in a exciting 4 minute bout.
RUINN was luckily beaten by PRIVID in a exciting 2 minute gory expert's fight.
TRACI was unbelievably bested by SIR CHARLES in a popular 10 minute brutal fight.
GAYNE slaughtered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute gruesome uneven bout.
KOMMA was overpowered by WORMTONGUE in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
FENRIR overcame DOMINIQUE in a 2 minute duel.
OTTO'S MGR was overpowered by MOUTH OF SAURON in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
GORGOL vanquished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
HEDGE killed DOOMGUARD in a 3 minute gory novice's match.
BAVIL luckily beat GORSWAMPUS in a action packed 5 minute brutal novice's bout.
DRUV was devastated by JIMPUUS in a 1 minute one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                     10         TOTAL PARRY       68 -  37 -  2      65  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                  10         STRIKING ATTACK   30 -  25 -  5      55  |
|AIMED BLOW                       7         AIMED BLOW        38 -  32 -  0      54  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         WALL OF STEEL     20 -  17 -  2      54  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      6         PARRY-RIPOSTE     19 -  17 -  1      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         BASHING ATTACK    27 -  26 -  3      51  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-LUNGE       22 -  28 -  2      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         SLASHING ATTACK   20 -  27 -  1      43  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    42 -  57 -  3      42  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         PARRY-STRIKE       8 -  21 -  1      28  |

Turn 413 was great if you     Not so great if you used      The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles:     the fighting styles:          top eleven warriors are:

PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  3         3  PARRY-LUNGE    
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  4         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        6 -  4     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  3         2  AIMED BLOW     
AIMED BLOW         4 -  3                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  3                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE        3 -  3                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  5                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   SHIRLEY JACKSON 3582       22  18  1  131 LITERATE LOONS (40)
TOTAL PARRY      CRIXX 3672                 19   8  2  113 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
AIMED BLOW       SNIDELY WHIPLASH 3767      10   0  0  107 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
SLASHING ATTACK  XIQUEEL 3659               15  14  1   92 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
PARRY-LUNGE      LAUDINA 3658               15  14  2   86 MADNESS (190)
WALL OF STEEL    OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648        17  13  1   85 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
STRIKING ATTACK  CLYDE THE GLIDE 3732        8   6  1   74 NBA LEGENDS (156)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SHIRLEY JACKSON 3582.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was TRACI 3740.  The ten other most popular fighters were ANTON CHEKHOV 3651, 
RAYMOND CARVER 3543, OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648, OTTO'S SOUS-CHEF 3744, FOE-HAMMER 3736, 
BONNIE PARKER 3702, ELLEN RIPLEY 3703, DOROTHY PARKER 3591, RUINN 3695, and 
GORSWAMPUS 3798.

The least popular fighter this week was DRUV 3785.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were OTTO'S MGR 3778, KOMMA 3766, SIR CHARLES 3733, BERTHA 3769, MAGNA CARTA 
3747, ZORRO 3706, SPEKT 3541, OTTO'S JANITOR 3779, RECLAN 3650, and JIHL BLAZEFURY 
3735.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

SHIRLEY JACKSON (81-3582) LITERATE LOONS (40)

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

BROKEN (81-3644) MADNESS (190)